Initiatives like the newly launched and game-changing South African (SA) Plastics Pact aims to tackle the plastic pollution problem head on, by keeping plastics ‘in the economy and out of the environment’. Launched on the 30th of...
Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) has introduced a 2L returnable bottle made of PET plastic that offers consumers value for money and is also good for the environment. These new returnable bottles can be reused up to 14 times. Thereafter...
The plastics and packaging industries of South Africa, represented by have both welcomed the announcement made by Ms Barbara Creecy, Minister of EnvironmentÂÂ, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) to scrap the existing Section 28 plan for developing an...
Shoprite is now using plastic returned to its distribution centres to produce 100% recycled and recyclable plastic shopping bags. The Shoprite Group has announced that it is now using the 4 000 tons of plastic returned annually to its distribution...
Colgate is launching what it says is a vegan-certified toothpaste that comes in an “industry-first” recyclable tube. Colgate-Palmolive has begun the switch to a the recyclable toothpaste tube and is now trying to enlist other companies...
More than 12 million tonnes of paper and paper packaging have been recovered in South Africa for recycling during the past decade. The overall paper collection rate in 2018 of 71.7% is comparable with the most successful countries globally. This,...
Plastics SA has congratulated the Department of Environmental Affairs, Forestry and Fisheries (DEAFF) on the hosting of a very successful Plastics Colloquium in Boksburg recently. According to Anton Hanekom, Executive Director of Plastics SA, they...
Experts have called for changes in the way municipalities dispose of waste in South Africa, saying that up to 90% of waste goes to landfills. Most of these landfills are uncontrolled dump sites. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)...
WRITTEN BY Interwaste There is a movement towards reducing the effects of climate change as so echoed in young Greta Thunberg’s recent UN speech, underpinned by the sentiment – Right Here. Right Now. And as she tackles issues of magnitude in...
